Edmund Boyd Osler (Manitoba politician)

Edmund Boyd Osler
Member of Parliament
for Winnipeg South Centre
In office
June 1968 – September 1972
Preceded by Gordon Churchill
Succeeded by A. Daniel McKenzie
Personal details
Born 21 August 1919(1919-08-21)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Died 1 April 1987(1987-04-01) (aged 67)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party Liberal
Profession insurance executive, writer

Edmund Boyd Osler (21 August 1919 – 1 April 1987) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons.

He was born in Winnipeg in 1919 and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1937, student #2592. He also studied at War Staff College, Royal Canadian Air Force. He served as a Royal Canadian Air Force sergeant pilot and was promoted to squadron leader from 1940 to 1945. Upon retirement, he worked as an insurance executive and writer. He died in Winnipeg in 1987.[1]

He was first elected in the 1968 general election at the Winnipeg South Centre riding and served one term, the 28th Canadian Parliament. Osler left Parliament after his defeated in the 1972 election to A. Daniel McKenzie of the Progressive Conservative party.

References

  1. ^ Goldsborough, Gordon (23 September 2010). "Edmund Boyd Osler (1919-1987)". Manitoba Historical Society. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/osler_eb.shtml. Retrieved 1 February 2011. 

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